WASHINGTON - Thirty-eight people were charged
Monday with stealing names, Social Security identification numbers,
credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting
Internet users as part of a global crime ring. The
Romanian-based scams sought to rip off thousands of American consumers
and hundreds of financial institutions, according to indictments
unsealed in Los Angeles, California, and New Haven, Conn. More
than half the people charged are Romanian, although the alleged scam
also operated from the United States, Canada, Portugal and Pakistan.
The cases were linked by two Romanians who participated in both
schemes, authorities said.
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